1 thought on “Ikumen After”

A sweet story of two dads falling in love and their struggles as single parents. They shared parenting tips and help support each other. For Izumi, it's love at first sight, he was practically drooling all over his child's pre-school friend's handsome daddy. As for Asakura, he found his feelings for Izumi deepens each day without realizing the nature of his affection towards another guy.The story of Vol. 1 ends with a direct brazen confession that left Asakura flustered. I can't wait to follow t [...]

I stumbled across this by total accident, and oh god, am I glad that I did. It's a story about two single dads written and drawn by Kazuma Kodaka and it's so supercute and happiness inducing! The only bad thing is that it isn't finished and it looks like it will be a while until there's a continuation, but I don't care that much. It's really a sweet story that's beautifully drawn, and the kids are incredibly cute, and the dads are adorable. I really loved this, can you tell?

I think this book is an exhalent read, and I would recommend it for both veteran and (especially for) beginning BL readers.As an artist and an inspiring cartoonist the art is drawn amazingly and you can feel the hard work and emotion that was put into evey panel, with an added bonus the chins don't look like there going to shank you.The story is cute, hilarious, thrilling, head-aginst-book bashing, and hot -n-steamy rolled up in one sushi role. With the sauce of interesting and compelling charac [...]

Ikumen After, story and art by Kazuma Kodaka, is a very sweet, on-going manga series first released in 2010 that is not a yaoi. I know, you’re in shock, that I’ve actually read a non-yaoi manga. :P Well, I have, kind of. Ikumen After is a yaoi, but a tame one, which is called shonen-ai, or the equivalent to puppy love within Japanese comics. The relationships are gay and the men may hold hands, kiss, and express feelings for one another verbally, however, physical interaction doesn’t happe [...]